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Rice conveys stronger message to Pakistan

Islamabad: In a tough message to Pakistan, the United States has said it was not satisfied with what Islamabad had done so far for eradicating terrorism from its soil after the Mumbai terror attack, which was not an ordinary event that can be “swept under the carpet.”

The message was conveyed by top American officials to Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani, who was summoned to Washington as the U.S. was “getting increasingly frustrated with what it views as Islamabad’s shifty and shifting position on the Mumbai attacks and their aftermath,” the Daily Times reported.

Durrani’s visit

Mr. Durrani on Saturday concluded his unannounced three-day U.S. visit, during which he met Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, his American counterpart Stephen Hadley and Pentagon officials.

In a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, Ms. Rice said her message to the Pakistani leadership was “...you need to deal with the terrorism problem. And it’s not enough to say these are non-state actors. If they’re operating from Pakistani territory, then they have to be dealt with.”

A “much stronger message” was conveyed by Ms. Rice during a meeting with Mr. Durrani, U.S. and diplomatic sources were quoted as saying by Dawn.

The Pakistani team, which included Ambassador Hussain Haqqani, learnt from Ms. Rice and Mr. Hadley that the U.S. was not satisfied with what Pakistan “had done so far for eradicating terrorism from its soil.” — PTI

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